With a good scanner and a clear original copy, the program can turn a page of printed text into an editable computer file with almost uncanny accuracy, right down to boldface, italics and column formatting.įuzzy faxes and complicated layouts can present challenges, and understanding the program's foibles takes more effort than necessary. Omnipage Pro for Windows 95, the latest optical character recognition (O.C.R.) software from the Caere Corporation, may be the best example of the genre'sĬapabilities and limitations. JScanners: Closer but Not Perfect PERSONAL COMPUTING / By STEPHEN MANES ransforming words on paper to words in computer files keeps getting more ambitious and more accurate without quite achieving perfection.
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